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KARL WILLIAM TITUS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 18, 1949 – October 2, 1970
Service recordKarl William Titus, of Middletown, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 108
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Middletown, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 108
- MARK ALVAN TAFOYASergeant · October 2, 1970
- DAVID FREDERICK TINSEYSergeant · October 2, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE WAGNERPrivate · October 2, 1970
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WESLEY KERRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 106
- JAMES THOMAS MORINSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 107
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 108
From Middletown
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · May 23, 1969
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · June 24, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · December 23, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- DAVID DONALD STOVERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.